Faris v. Brooklyn City & Newtown Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the Brooklyn City and Newtown Railroad Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court' in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the •county of Kings on the 21st day of February, 1899, upon the verdict of a jury for $1,000; and also from, an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 27th day of September, 1899, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Willard Bartlett, J.:
The plaintiff was. injured while a passenger on the defendant’s-railroad. • He had just boarded an open car, which had stopped at the time, but which moved on immediately, so that before he could get completely off the side step and into one of the cross aisles his foot was brought into contact with a truck on the street, inflicting a severe bruise and other injuries, for which it is conceded that the verdict of $1,000' is not an excessive recovery. The plaintiff saw the truck and gave warning of the danger to a friend who was on ■ the step further forward, and who got…
2Cited by1 opinion
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